Smoldering Vesselina Kasarova is Carmen in a 2009 live performance from the Wiener Staatsoper, this week’s offering from Jungfer Marianne Leizmetzerin.

Georges Bizet: Carmen

Wiener Staatsoper
Asher Fisch, conductor
28 February 2009

Carmen – Vesselina Kasarova
Don José – José Cura
Micaëla – Genia Kühmeier
Escamillo – Ildebrando D’Arcangelo
Frasquita – Ileana Tonca
Mercédès – Sophie Marilley
Zuniga – Janusz Monarcha
Moralès – Marcus Pelz
Remendado – Benedikt Kobel
Dancairo – Clemens Unterreiner
Lillas Pastia – Hacik Bayvertian